US Ambassador to UN:  Washington Reopens Diplomatic Channels with Palestine

Linda Thomas Greenfield, US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) announced that Washington is going to reopen diplomatic channels with Palestine.

It is worth noting that the Trump administration had severed diplomatic with the Palestinian Authority (PA).

She added that since January, US diplomacy has been guided by the assumption that sustainable progress towards peace must be based on active consultations with both the Israeli and Palestinians.

These statements came during a UN Security Council conference on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

Thomas-Greenfield indicated that    the Democratic   administration will take steps to reopen diplomatic channels of communication that were suspended during the previous administration's era

The US  envoy revealed that her country would like to "see Israelis and Palestinians alike take steps towards a two-state solution."

She added   that "under the leadership of President Joe Biden, the United States has restored its commitment to the vision of a mutually agreed-upon two-state solution, in which Israel lives in peace and security."

"We believe that this vision is the best way to guarantee the future of Israel as a democratic and Jewish state while preserving the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people for a state of their own and to live in dignity and security," she said.

Thomas-Greenfield said that Biden is restoring American aid programs that support economic development and humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people."

On the other hand, Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh welcomed the US $ 15 million assistance to the Palestinian Authority as a contribution to confronting the third wave of the Coronavirus) COVID-19).

In a statement on Thursday, the Prime Minister described the US assistance as an important step and in the right direction, in order to reformulate the relationship with the US administration, which was suspended during the tenure of former President Donald Trump in the White House, due to his stances on the Palestinian issue.